Volume 1 Chapter 31: The Provoked Man

  Qin Luo's gaze fell on the hand he held high in front of himself, that jade slip was as white as top-grade sheep fat jade, emitting a bright luster, without any words or patterns on it, but with a strong spiritual energy lingering above.

  Pursed her lips and hesitated slightly.

  Although her spiritual power is now weak and her consciousness cannot be explored... but this jade slip is not an ordinary product at a glance!

  I won't mention the secrets inside, but this piece of sheep fat jade is also worth a lot of money!

  Xiong Xiao swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his back stiffened, and his eyes looked at her with a mixture of fear and expectation. The surroundings were quiet enough to hear a pin drop, the girl in front of him didn't speak, and he didn't dare to open his mouth, for fear of accidentally offending her.

  After a moment of contemplation, Qin Luo had an idea in mind.

  She elegantly took over the jade tablet from Xiong Sha's hand.

  Xiong Sha was overjoyed and didn't mind Qin Luo Yi taking the jade tablet and running away. He heavily kowtowed to Qin Luo Yi several times, while excitedly saying: "Xiong Sha thanks Miss for saving Master's life!"

  Qin took a glance at his ecstatic face, held the jade tablet in her hand and examined it back and forth, then returned it to him: "Get up!"

  Xiong Sha was taken aback, thinking that she looked down on the jade slip and had changed her mind, no longer going to rescue her master. She was extremely anxious, scratching her ears and cheeks, her eyes wide as copper bells: "Miss..."

  Qin Luo Yi plugged her ears and hadn't heard, turned around and faced west, softly calling out: "Da Hei!"

  A huge black figure suddenly jumped out from one corner and stopped beside her, happily rubbing against the edge of her skirt.

  Qin gently stroked Dahei's head, and over the past month, she had grown more and more fond of him. Lifting her skirt, she effortlessly flipped herself onto Dahei's back, looking down at Xiong Sha who was still kneeling on the ground. She slightly furrowed her brow: "Why haven't you gotten up to lead the way? If we're late, I won't go anymore!"

  The voice was clear and bright with a hint of faint shyness.

  "Ahhhroo!"

  The big black bear shook its shiny long fur, staring at Xiong Sha's eyes with an extremely large and strange gaze, filled with eerie scrutiny and fierce killing intent.

  Xiong Pi was seen by it with some trepidation.

  Hurriedly shifting her gaze, it fell on Qin's beautiful and elegant face with a playful smile, and it wasn't until half a beat later that she understood the meaning behind his words. Her heart, which had originally sunk to the bottom of the valley, suddenly soared again, laughing so hard her mouth couldn't close.

  "Miss, please!"

  Xiong Xiao grasped the jade tablet tightly in his hand, stood up, and suppressed the excitement in his heart. He made a very respectful gesture of invitation, and his body suddenly rose into the air, rapidly sweeping forward.

  Qin Luoyi sat on Da Hei's back, closely following behind him. Her apricot-colored dress fluttered in the wind, complementing her absolutely beautiful face, giving off an ethereal and otherworldly aura.

  Xiong Xiao rushed forward, occasionally glancing back at Xing Yi with the corner of his eye, fearing that he was running too fast and would lose them. However, after a moment, he realized that his worries were unnecessary!

  So fast!

  No matter how fast he was, the tiger-like wolf-like animal still followed closely behind him, as if it hadn't exerted itself at all... He simply let go of his hands and feet, and released the spiritual power within him to its limits, dashing forward like the wind.

  Ahh-ooo!

  With a loud whoosh, a flash of disdain and competitiveness flickered in his eyes, he accelerated again, and in the blink of an eye, he caught up with Xiong Sha, running side by side with him, turning his head to look at Xiong Sha, with a hint of provocation in his bronze bell-like eyes.

  Xiong Xiao's face was covered in sweat, and a cold sweat quietly dripped down from his forehead. Qin Luo looked at the big black dog below him, then looked at Xiong Xiao who was obviously panting, and couldn't help but laugh lightly.

  They soon arrived at the outskirts of Beijing. In a lush greenery surrounded by a very elegant and secluded courtyard, the courtyard was gray-tiled and white-walled, covering a large area.

  The bear-like man led her into the courtyard with a respectful expression, walking towards the innermost part of the courtyard. Passing through the corridor and turning around the artificial hill in the garden, she saw four tall figures standing guard outside a large gate, their faces gloomy and anxious as they paced back and forth.

  Everyone saw Xiong Sha return and turned their heads to nod at him, but no one spoke.

  "I've got some good news, the master is going to be okay!" Xiong's face was filled with joy, he rubbed his hands together and shouted loudly at the four people in the courtyard who were looking anxious.

  "What?"

  "What's going on?"

  "Have you found an antidote?"

  "Hurry up... speak clearly!"

  As soon as Xiong Zuo spoke, the four people who were pacing back and forth in the courtyard, originally anxious, suddenly gathered around him, asking excitedly with seven mouths and eight tongues.

  Xiong Sha pushed them away with one hand, turned around and looked at Qin Luoyi who had just come out from behind the fake mountain, saying: "This young lady... took one glance and saw that I was poisoned by the Duanhuncao! And she also knows the antidote!"

  As soon as the voice fell, eight pairs of exceptionally scorching hot eyes followed the direction of his pointing finger and eagerly looked over... A 15 or 16-year-old girl, wearing an apricot-colored dress, with skin like condensed fat, beautiful eyebrows and phoenix-like eyes, bright and lovely.

  When they saw clearly that it was just a young girl standing before them, the expectant glint in their eyes gradually dimmed.

  Her slender figure and delicate face were overshadowed by her sharp gaze, which fell on Xiong Sha with a mixture of anger and annoyance. "Master spat up blood today! Do you still have the mood to joke around?"

  The nobles of Chu State's capital had invited many, including alchemists... but not one person could identify the poison in Master's body! Not to mention finding an antidote...

  At this time, Xiong Xiao unexpectedly brought back a little girl who hadn't grown up yet, it's simply... outrageous!

  The man in white standing beside him, Yi Gu Yun, patted his shoulder and shook his head, saying: "Hey, don't blame him... the master's poison can't be cured, he's just too anxious!"

  The gaze towards Qin Luo Yi was deep and measured, but it was unclear what method this young girl had used to deceive the normally astute Xiong Sha into believing her.

  Gao Xia pursed her thin lips and fell silent.

  Xiong Xiao's mood he understood, because they were ordinary too, with a hint of hope that they also wanted to save their master. But this little girl... young and inexperienced, not to mention, her body didn't have even a bit of spiritual power!

  She said she could detoxify the master... This is also a bit too far-fetched!

  Xiong Xiao saw the suspicion and disappointment on his brothers' faces, and his heart was in a hurry. He was afraid that they would be rude to this girl, and if she was not satisfied, she would leave immediately, which would put their master in danger...

  He thought of this, and with a push, he opened the side of Yi Gu Yun and Gao Xia, standing respectfully beside Qin Luo Yi, his face cold as he shouted at them: "What kind of joke is this? Don't spout nonsense! The young lady said that the incubation period of the Soul-Breaking Grass is two months. Our master's poison will be two months old in five days. If we don't find an antidote, it'll be too late! I'll take the young lady inside to take a look first!"

  He finished speaking and respectfully led the way in front, taking Qin Luoyi into a elegant inner room filled with the fragrance of medicine.

  Gao Xia furrowed his brow, intending to stop them again, while Fang Sheng and Qian Mo's faces were also filled with suspicion. Yi Gu Yun raised his hand to stop them, slightly hesitating as he said: "The master's poison is indeed getting more severe, let's not say anything for now... Let's follow him in and take a look!"

  After finishing speaking, he lifted his foot and also walked into the inner room.

  The other three people exchanged a glance, their faces cold and serious as they followed him in.

  Qin Luo Yi walked into the room and immediately caught a whiff of a faint bloody smell. Even with the fragrance of medicine and the pleasant scent of sandalwood, it couldn't mask the smell of blood.

  The interior decoration is extremely simple, with an eight-panel screen, a tea table, several chairs, and then a delicate carved redwood bed. On the large pillow on the bed, a slender man in a black robe lies sideways.

  The young man was not very old, at most twenty years old, with a handsome face and clear features. The whole person looked warm and jade-like, but the sharp light that inadvertently flowed out of his eyes made people dare not underestimate him. A head of thick black hair was combed high up by a jade crown, even when lying down, it was not messy at all.

  "Master! I've brought this young lady to administer an antidote..." Xiong Sha took two steps forward, lowering his voice and bowing respectfully towards the man lying on the bed.

  The man lying on the bed was his young master, Jian Yu Yan, who had been poisoned for nearly two months.

  Jian Yu Yan slightly narrowed her long, narrow eyes, looked at him and a faint smile appeared on her pale face with a hint of greenish grey: "Thanks for your hard work, take a seat!"

  Then he cast his seemingly warm but actually sharp gaze on the apricot-clothed girl who followed Xiong Sha into the room: "Miss, what's your surname?"

  Xiong Sha didn't sit down, but stood sideways at one side, his eyes filled with expectation as he looked at Qin Luoyi. Yi Gu Yun stood not far from the door, his profound and mysterious gaze also fixed on the apricot-clothed girl in the room.

  "Qin!" The sun had already set, and Qin Li hurriedly wanted to return before it got dark. He didn't have time for the man's gaze or pleasantries on the bed. While speaking, he lifted his foot and walked directly in front of him, stretched out his slender hand, took over his hand, brushed open his sleeve, and pressed it directly onto the pulse point on his wrist.

  Jian Yu Yan's eyes widened slightly, the warm and smooth sensation on his wrist made his body stiffen for a moment, but before anyone could notice, he quickly returned to normal.

  The smile at the corner of his mouth grew thicker, his eyes deep and mysterious, he nodded slightly, his magnetic and pleasant voice filled with a smile: "So it's Miss Qin."

  Just a few breaths later, Qin Luo released his wrist, slightly bent over, and leaned in front of him. Her slender white fingers like jade touched his forehead, looking at the spot between his eyebrows.

  Unlike the unusual red color that seeped out from Xiong Sha's temple, this man's head had a faint reddish-black color. That color slowly extended from his temples into his hairline...

  Qin's eyes flashed with a hint of understanding, and in her heart, she knew that this was the manifestation of the poison from the Soul Severing Grass having penetrated deep into her bones!

  Jian Yu Yan looked at the approaching Ming Yuan girl, a strange color flashed in his eyes, and he was completely stunned.

  Because he was lying on his side, Qin Luo Yi was standing up, her two hands fixed on his head, and her two eyes were right in front of her chest. The apricot-colored shirt had a tight design, perfectly outlining her slender and curvy figure...

  Jian Yu Yan hastily shifted his gaze away, a suspicious dark red flush appearing on his handsome face with a cyan-gray complexion.

  However, his gaze had shifted away, but the faintly fragrant scent on Qin Luo's body couldn't be stopped from drilling into his nostrils. Suddenly, his face turned even redder, and the blood in his heart couldn't help but churn up, a wave of sweet and pungent flavor surged up to his throat.

  Digression

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